CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2779

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, posing a significant security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of LabVIEW to mitigate this vulnerability and to restrict opening VI files from untrusted sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS